Did you know that Waterford's Queen of the New Orleans brothel was a woman known as Kate Townsend? Cian Manning knew... and he came on air with Ollie and Dymphna to discuss her life. It is accepted that she left behind two children in Liverpool to travel overseas. She became a sex worker of some notoriety and open a now famous brothel on Basin Street. Kate's story is one of money, intrigue, business, and eventually, murder. A sad story of the Queen of the New Orleans brothel. Listen back in full to this week's feature with historian Cian Manning. Keep up to date on all the latest from The Big Breakfast Blaa